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Description:Originally published as “Die Macht des Charlatans”, this first English edition of The Power of the Charlatan by Grete DeFrancesco is a pioneering and engaging theory and history of con artistry, swindling, and charlatanry from the Middle Ages through to the 19th century. A study of how and why people have fallen for various frauds, the text includes treatments on astrology and alchemy as well as some of their more notorious proponents including Cagliostro and the 16th century miracle doctor Leonard Thurneisser, as well as chapters on the use of automata and advertising for trickery. Thoroughly illustrated, the book includes reproductions of various talismans, ads, and historical artwork. As Walter Benjamin, an associate of the author, said at the time, “To write the history of the charlatan is to present the history of advertising.”Born Margarethe Weissenstein to Jewish parents in Vienna in 1893, the author was the first female graduate from the German Academy for Politics (Deutsche Hochschule für Politik) and wrote her thesis on the rise of Italian fascism in 1931 following her marriage to an Italian engineer. De Francesco wrote for the Frankfurter Zeitung newspaper ahead of the publication of this work in 1937 before fleeing Germany. Captured by the SS in Italy and deported to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp as a political prisoner in 1944, De Francesco died there in February 1945.This first English edition was translated by Miriam Beard, the daughter of reformers Charles and Mary Beard, a noted historian and one of the first women to graduate from the Columbia School of Journalism.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Power of the Charlatan. To get started finding Power of the Charlatan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Originally published as “Die Macht des Charlatans”, this first English edition of The Power of the Charlatan by Grete DeFrancesco is a pioneering and engaging theory and history of con artistry, swindling, and charlatanry from the Middle Ages through to the 19th century. A study of how and why people have fallen for various frauds, the text includes treatments on astrology and alchemy as well as some of their more notorious proponents including Cagliostro and the 16th century miracle doctor Leonard Thurneisser, as well as chapters on the use of automata and advertising for trickery. Thoroughly illustrated, the book includes reproductions of various talismans, ads, and historical artwork. As Walter Benjamin, an associate of the author, said at the time, “To write the history of the charlatan is to present the history of advertising.”Born Margarethe Weissenstein to Jewish parents in Vienna in 1893, the author was the first female graduate from the German Academy for Politics (Deutsche Hochschule für Politik) and wrote her thesis on the rise of Italian fascism in 1931 following her marriage to an Italian engineer. De Francesco wrote for the Frankfurter Zeitung newspaper ahead of the publication of this work in 1937 before fleeing Germany. Captured by the SS in Italy and deported to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp as a political prisoner in 1944, De Francesco died there in February 1945.This first English edition was translated by Miriam Beard, the daughter of reformers Charles and Mary Beard, a noted historian and one of the first women to graduate from the Columbia School of Journalism.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Power of the Charlatan. To get started finding Power of the Charlatan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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